Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to decide on a process and stick to
Speaker 1: it and enjoy bonus time from the decisions you don't
Speaker 1: have to make in the future. In a recent episode
Speaker 1: of my other podcast, Best of Both Worlds, my co
Speaker 1: host Sarah hart Hunger mentioned that she uses Amazon's Subscribe
Speaker 1: and Save feature for a lot of household goods. For
Speaker 1: items you need to replenish frequently, If you subscribe and save,
Speaker 1: Amazon sends you a batch at a cadence you choose.
Speaker 1: Lots of people use this for diapers or sunscreen, printer,
Speaker 1: ink shampoo. The upside is that you don't have to
Speaker 1: keep placing orders, and since Amazon likes the guaranteed business,
Speaker 1: the company gives you a discount. But this is not
Speaker 1: a podcast about Amazon or saving money, so you may
Speaker 1: be wondering where a subscribe and save fits in. Well,
Speaker 1: it turns out that in life you can subscribe and
Speaker 1: save with time. Two. When you subscribe to one process
Speaker 1: metaphorically and use it again and again, you can save
Speaker 1: a fair amount of time. So, for instance, maybe you
Speaker 1: decide that one particular cookbook is your source of recipes.
Speaker 1: You make several recipes from there, again and again. No
Speaker 1: need to spend time figuring out what to bring to
Speaker 1: a family gathering, no need to protest a recipe before
Speaker 1: serving it to guests. You subscribe and save to recipes
Speaker 1: in that book and thus save time anytime you need
Speaker 1: to produce homemade food for something. You can also subscribe
Speaker 1: and save a certain kid activities. We have a local
Speaker 1: day camp that everyone's liked a reasonable amount, and so
Speaker 1: whenever someone has a summer week where they need to
Speaker 1: be busy, they get signed up for that. I know
Speaker 1: there are other camps out there, and we do some
Speaker 1: of them, but it is also nice to save time
Speaker 1: on researching and get an experience that I know the
Speaker 1: kids will like. You can subscribe and save with gifts
Speaker 1: as well. Choose a go to gift for the holidays
Speaker 1: and plan to give it to pretty much everyone. You
Speaker 1: minimize the times spent shopping and have more time available
Speaker 1: for celebrating the holidays with loved ones. Variety can be
Speaker 1: a source of fun in life, and when doing something
Speaker 1: new would give you joy, it's good to do it.
Speaker 1: But some things in life are the equivalent of paper towels.
Speaker 1: There is no real joy gained in researching different brands
Speaker 1: and shopping for them in the store. Having those paper
Speaker 1: towels show up automatically at a discount can save time
Speaker 1: for more important things. It's the same with time. If
Speaker 1: a new idea isn't fun for you, then repeating a
Speaker 1: workable one it is perfectly fine. You can use the
Speaker 1: saved time for something else other aspects of your life.
Speaker 1: Where you subscribe and save with time, I'd like to
Speaker 1: hear about them at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for
Speaker 1: listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 1: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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